masadi1980
MPA (400+ posts)
Sex abuse by women reports on rise
Monday, November 9, 2009
The number of children reporting sexual abuse by women to ChildLine has more than doubled over the past five years, it has been announced.
New figures show a 132% rise in complaints of female sexual assaults to the helpline service in this period, compared with a 27% increase in reports of abuse by men.
Some 2,142 children told ChildLine last year they had been sexually abused by a woman - nearly a quarter of all calls where the offender's gender could be identified. The disturbing statistics follow the recent high-profile case of nursery worker Vanessa George, who was a member of an internet paedophile ring along with another woman.
